Tag: farming
Solar-powered floating farm could produce 20 tons of vegetables daily
The future of farming is sustainable and not land-based.
The anti-science seed treaty
Does the Seed Treaty run counter to science, agricultural development, and intellectual property rights?
Organic farming in the U.S. is now bigger than ever
The number of certified organic acres in the country rose by more than 10 percent over the past two years.
Bike-Powered Farming Program Turns Lawns Into Urban Farms
A landowner or renter with owner consent, can donate their chemical-free lawn to Fleet Farming, which will then build a food-producing plot at least 500 square feet in size.
If There Are No New Farmers, Who Will Grow Our Food?
Programs across the country are trying to make it easier for new farmers to get started and put down roots. Here's why: There's only one farmer under 35 for every six over 65. By 2030, one-quarter of America's current farmers will retire.
A Haven from the Animal Holocaust
Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen is an animal sanctuary for rescuing farm animals. Because the abuse of animals at the hands of factory farm operators is unfathomable and “we are saying they are as important as any other individual.”
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‘Nightmare scenario that everyone predicted’: As millions struggle to meet basic needs, Trump organization...
“I’d be interested in knowing what help Trump and Jared are extending to their tenants as they ask for help themselves.”
Taxpayers paid millions to design a low-cost ventilator for a pandemic. Instead, the company...
As coronavirus sweeps the globe, there is not a single Trilogy Evo Universal ventilator — developed with government funds — in the U.S. stockpile.
Health insurance companies could skyrocket premiums
The U.S. health care system is ill-equipped when it comes to a pandemic and citizens will be the ones to suffer.
What we need to understand about asymptomatic carriers if we’re going to beat coronavirus
ProPublica’s health reporter Caroline Chen explains what the conversation around asymptomatic coronavirus carriers is missing, and what we need to understand if we’re going to beat this nefarious virus together.
Rightwing populism in a time of crisis
When the smoke clears, let’s hope the scales fall from the eyes of their supporters and the only recently growing phenomenon of rightwing, anti-science populism is consigned to the dustbin of history, where it belongs.